[Madwifi-users] AR2425 - no 802.11a ?

Hi all,
I purchased a AR2425 based Atheros (AR2425-AL1A ebay ID 300301030158)
mini PCI express card to replace my DELL/INTEL card in my Dell D420 (so
that I could use madwifi on my notebook - I like madwifi because I do a
lot of openwrt building/programming).
The standard Ubuntu Hardy Herron (8.04) didn't support this card
out-of-box so, based on Google search results, I built and installed
madwifi 0.10.5.6.
Now the card is recognised but if I do an "iwlist channel" I can see that
only the 2.4Ghz frequencies (channels 1 - 11) are listed (on 5ghz /
802.11a channels are listed).
But I think that the AR2425 card should support 5ghz channels?
does anyone know if I can enable 5Ghz channels?
thanks
Derek
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Derek C
In Ireland

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Hi all,
I purchased a AR2425 based Atheros (AR2425-AL1A ebay ID 300301030158)
mini PCI express card to replace my DELL/INTEL card in my Dell D420 (so
that I could use madwifi on my notebook - I like madwifi because I do a
lot of openwrt building/programming).
The standard Ubuntu Hardy Herron (8.04) didn't support this card
out-of-box so, based on Google search results, I built and installed
madwifi 0.10.5.6.
Now the card is recognised but if I do an "iwlist channel" I can see that
only the 2.4Ghz frequencies (channels 1 - 11) are listed (on 5ghz /
802.11a channels are listed).
But I think that the AR2425 card should support 5ghz channels?
does anyone know if I can enable 5Ghz channels?
thanks
Derek
--
Derek C
In Ireland

On Friday 27 March 2009 23:50:09 Derek C wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I purchased a AR2425 based Atheros (AR2425-AL1A ebay ID 300301030158)
> mini PCI express card to replace my DELL/INTEL card in my Dell D420 (so
> that I could use madwifi on my notebook - I like madwifi because I do a
> lot of openwrt building/programming).
>
> The standard Ubuntu Hardy Herron (8.04) didn't support this card
> out-of-box so, based on Google search results, I built and installed
> madwifi 0.10.5.6.
>
> Now the card is recognised but if I do an "iwlist channel" I can see that
> only the 2.4Ghz frequencies (channels 1 - 11) are listed (on 5ghz /
> 802.11a channels are listed).
>
> But I think that the AR2425 card should support 5ghz channels?
>
> does anyone know if I can enable 5Ghz channels?
Yeap,
The seller said it's a:
" New & Sealed , 54M 802.11 b/g "
Get a new card... one that actually has a 5GHz Phy.
Regards,
Chr

Ha ha - yes you are entirely correct! :)
Still - it beats the non-madwifi Intel card I had in my Dell notebook.
I'll live with b and g for now
thanks,
Derek
On Sat, March 28, 2009 12:11 am, Christian Lamparter wrote:
> On Friday 27 March 2009 23:50:09 Derek C wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> I purchased a AR2425 based Atheros (AR2425-AL1A ebay ID 300301030158)
>> mini PCI express card to replace my DELL/INTEL card in my Dell D420 (so
>> that I could use madwifi on my notebook - I like madwifi because I do a
>> lot of openwrt building/programming).
>>
>> The standard Ubuntu Hardy Herron (8.04) didn't support this card
>> out-of-box so, based on Google search results, I built and installed
>> madwifi 0.10.5.6.
>>
>> Now the card is recognised but if I do an "iwlist channel" I can see
>> that only the 2.4Ghz frequencies (channels 1 - 11) are listed (on 5ghz /
>> 802.11a channels are listed).
>>
>>
>> But I think that the AR2425 card should support 5ghz channels?
>>
>>
>> does anyone know if I can enable 5Ghz channels?
>
> Yeap,
> The seller said it's a:
> " New & Sealed , 54M 802.11 b/g "
>
>
> Get a new card... one that actually has a 5GHz Phy.
>
>
> Regards,
> Chr
>
>
--
Derek C
In Ireland